Significant research needs to be conducted, and usable and useful models need to be developed, to establishing cost-effective ways to continuously evaluate and course correct the continuous changes needed to achieve a continuous product development environment; maybe inspired by a hierarchically connected Goal-Question-Metric model [1]} - back-filled by metrics and data collected via the continuous feedback cycle. As such, a goal and measurement program is created (and scaled to be usable and useful for the organization in question) and it is important to realize that it might lead to the conclusion that continuous engineering in its entirety and complete idealized form might not fit your organization. However, there are probably many parts of continuous engineering that are beneficial for most organizations. Start there.
